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you do have to give your dues to the union but it's an optional tax law. how many people would pay tax it is it was just optional, not a lot, right? the way to destroy the unions by taking that money out of the system even though the unions wind up representing all the workers in most of those scenarios. now the other objective is to get the workers to fight with one another. the guys who want to pay the dues. the guys who don't want to pay the dues. this is how brilliantly it worked in michigan as the workers fight each other. >> i support everybody. i'm not for myself. >> it shouldn't be a condition of employment that you have to join an union and have to pay dodues as a condition of employment to feed your family. >> cenk: oh, the koch brothers must have enjoyed that video immensely. yes, we got the workers to fight against one another while we take the great lion share. mission accomplished. president obama said in 2008 u man, if collective bargaining is questioned well, he was very clear on it. >> obama: understand this, if american workers are denied
you do have to give your dues to the union but it's an optional tax law. how many people would pay tax it is it was just optional, not a lot, right? the way to destroy the unions by taking that money out of the system even though the unions wind up representing all the workers in most of those scenarios. now the other objective is to get the workers to fight with one another. the guys who want to pay the dues. the guys who don't want to pay the dues. this is how brilliantly it worked in...
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do you think that law in florida applies here or does it not apply. >> i don't believe that law applies because all the evidence points to zimmerman as the the aggressor and trayvon as the victim. he was clearly pursueing trayvon. and if you're a victim you're not going to pursue you're your assail assailant. it gives a presumption but you still have to meet force. at the end of the day we know that george zimmerman had a .9mm .9mm and tray tray had a bag of skittles. >> thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> all right to the question of george zimmerman pursuing tray trayvon martin. there are reports of his past that gives us some insight that night. >> the elusive neighborhood watch captain who has yet to speak publicly. he was arrested for assaulting an officer and domestic violence in 2005, and in 2008 he enrolled in the police academy but never became an officer. he was fascinateed by police work. he had called police 49 times in the last year before. >> two african-american males. >> call after call about african-american males. 49 in a y
do you think that law in florida applies here or does it not apply. >> i don't believe that law applies because all the evidence points to zimmerman as the the aggressor and trayvon as the victim. he was clearly pursueing trayvon. and if you're a victim you're not going to pursue you're your assail assailant. it gives a presumption but you still have to meet force. at the end of the day we know that george zimmerman had a .9mm .9mm and tray tray had a bag of skittles. >> thank you...
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the law. we like trying to repeal it. okay. where is the hitch? here is the hitch. when you ask them how they feel about the different provisions in the law, they actually love it. let me show you those numbers. 82% said, yeah, we would like to ban insurance companies from denying pre-existing conditions. wait a minute. >> that's the heart of the law. so 82% of the country says they love the heart of this law. so why do you hate the law? i don't know. all right. let's keep going. how about moving insurance to cut off age of 26 rather than younger? well, 61% are in favor of that. so they love that, too. how about companies with 50-plus employees must provide insurance? 72% in favor. in other words they love almost everything about the law except they have been told that they shift hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor 61% against. whose idea was the man
the law. we like trying to repeal it. okay. where is the hitch? here is the hitch. when you ask them how they feel about the different provisions in the law, they actually love it. let me show you those numbers. 82% said, yeah, we would like to ban insurance companies from denying pre-existing conditions. wait a minute. >> that's the heart of the law. so 82% of the country says they love the heart of this law. so why do you hate the law? i don't know. all right. let's keep going. how...
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hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor, 61% against. whose idea was the mandate? heritage foundation. most conservative think tink in the country, richard nixon, george h.w. bush. orrin hatch. >> one conservative idea in the bill, they hate it. by the way a third of the respondents also said i don't like the bill because i think it should do more not less. okay? all of the sudden the country hates the law. look. why is this happening? there are three principal reasons why the country gets this misinformed. they don't know what's in it or who proposed it in the first place. they don't know it was conservatives who the put it in there. we didn't ask for the mandate. that wasn't a progressive idea. if they knew what was in it, they might actually love the law. so how do we get misinformed? number 1, giantaments of republican propaganda. on this issue, alone, th
hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor, 61% against. whose idea was the mandate? heritage foundation. most conservative think tink in the country, richard nixon, george h.w. bush. orrin hatch. >> one conservative idea in the bill, they hate it. by the way a third of the respondents also said i don't like the bill because i think it should do more...
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pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. ♪ >> oh, yeah, time for the tyt supreme court. well, we've got a couple of issues to a hash out. first news on the unemployment front. we added 120,000 jobs. as my mom would say, thanks, god. it could be better. we'll take it. and unemployment has fallen to 8.2%. that's the best number since president obama took office. the unemployment was rising because of george w. bush and then it has been falling since. look at these jobs numbers. i love this red and blue graph. you may have seen it before. gee, i wonder where we lost the jobs. bush? i can't tell.
pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican,...
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they're trying to fix it and put it into the law anyway. led me show you a house bill in pennsylvania and what it says. watch this and tell me if they're judging women or forcing them to prove it or not: >> in other words, you got to fill out the forms. you claim you got raped. you claim you suffered incest. who was the person? where's all the bureaucratic things you need to do. we're going to judge you to figure out whether you got raped or not. come in front of our rape panel see if you can get an exception. these are the guys who say they are for small good afternoon? this is gigantic government. you would have to be mental as a woman in this country to vote for that and have them strip you of your rights and put you in front of panels like these. i can't believe you would vote for sick guys like this who want to take your rights away. luckily, most of you are not going to make that mistake and that's why they're going to lose that election. all right, now when we come back romney claims he has got to great record of governor when he was
they're trying to fix it and put it into the law anyway. led me show you a house bill in pennsylvania and what it says. watch this and tell me if they're judging women or forcing them to prove it or not: >> in other words, you got to fill out the forms. you claim you got raped. you claim you suffered incest. who was the person? where's all the bureaucratic things you need to do. we're going to judge you to figure out whether you got raped or not. come in front of our rape panel see if you...
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meaning we're not going to push for any laws. when asked for clarification, he said we're not going to propose any hypothetical or legal laws. we are not going to do anything! how many congressmen need to get shot in the head before you take any kind of action. apparently right now the answer is unlimited because there is no action from either political party. finally on this count when you look at president obama's report card from the brady group, which is a gun control organization, he has got fs across the board. allowing firearms to be carried into national parks. that was not a law until president obama did it. the most pro gun democrat president in recent memory. hestraight fs. so how did that the republicans claim will take your guns away. he'll even let you carry it in even more places. let's bring in michael shure our political correspondent here. michael, as i look at this, not only do i see a series of failures on the part of republicans and democrats for gun control, but i want to show a clip from mitt romney, b-16.
meaning we're not going to push for any laws. when asked for clarification, he said we're not going to propose any hypothetical or legal laws. we are not going to do anything! how many congressmen need to get shot in the head before you take any kind of action. apparently right now the answer is unlimited because there is no action from either political party. finally on this count when you look at president obama's report card from the brady group, which is a gun control organization, he has...
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in the parent trigger law which would close the school out right. who is in favor of parent trigger laws? and who came up with them? alec. the american ledge stiff exchange council that is the extreme right wing group that came up stand your up with the stand your ground laws. you can see where this is coming from. when you ask parents about it, they're savvier than the average bear. listen to this mom. >> that is not a solution that is a real solution that will improve students' education. my concern is that a lot of democrats are going along with it and you'll pass policies that support this. >> cenk: she's exactly right. now why do those high-level democrats go along with it? it might have something to do with the money la bow ski. rahm emmanuel got $12 million from anti-union charter school advocates. and it's all about the money. whether they're republicans or democrats that are selling out to that money. now maggie gyllenhaal, who is a real progressive, tries to defend the movie when she's talking about it. >> it's okay to find fault inside of
in the parent trigger law which would close the school out right. who is in favor of parent trigger laws? and who came up with them? alec. the american ledge stiff exchange council that is the extreme right wing group that came up stand your up with the stand your ground laws. you can see where this is coming from. when you ask parents about it, they're savvier than the average bear. listen to this mom. >> that is not a solution that is a real solution that will improve students'...
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it's a terrible law and should be repealed immediately. when we come back we'll get into karl rove crossroads gps. even the name is hilarious. i'll tell you more when we come back. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. it's completely inappropriate for television. >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. ♪ >> all right, back on "the young turks." karl rove has two groups. american crass roads and cross crossroads gps. they've already spend $11 million in ads against obama including $1.7 million in ads blaming him for high gas prices like this. >> no matter how obama spins it, gas costs too much. tell obama stop blaming others and pass better energy policies. >> 90% of the fu
it's a terrible law and should be repealed immediately. when we come back we'll get into karl rove crossroads gps. even the name is hilarious. i'll tell you more when we come back. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. it's completely inappropriate for...
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pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. ♪ >> all right we're back with the power panel. great gifts. cliff is joining us from columbus ohio, and he wrote the book "real mccain." he has a whole radio station he's running in d.c. a lot of things going on with cliff, and doug, a business expert he also is a political pundit on his "horse sense" blog. it's great to have you here. >> thanks. >> who will win the female vote, and is it fair to say there is a war on women as democrats have been charging? first let me set it up for you guys. in a report we found out in the last year alone this is stunning numbers there has been 1100 pieces of legislation introduced against reproductive rights. 135 of them have been enacted. now to a progressive that seems anti-women
pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. ♪ >> all right we're back with the power panel. great gifts. cliff is joining us from columbus ohio, and he wrote the book...
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we are the law. we can do whatever we want to do. god protects us if that is the law of the land from predators who think they can do whatever they want to do so us. >> listen this is how this country works. yes, we all have individual liberties. get used to it. he thinks if you have your own conscience and listen to rick santorum's religious beliefs, that somehow you are like the columbine killers? have after it haas. you run that campaign and see how badly you are going to get slaughtered. pro choice is equal to columbine killers? please run your campaign on that. and let a load of this. >> this is a spiritual war, and the father of lies has his rights on what you think the father of lies satan has his sights on. a powerful country, the united states. but over time that great acidic quality of timer can roads away even the strongest foundations. and satan has done so by using the great enterprises of america. >> this guy thinks he knows what satan is up to. this guy is a lunatic. do you get why he hates sex so much? he thinks lucif
we are the law. we can do whatever we want to do. god protects us if that is the law of the land from predators who think they can do whatever they want to do so us. >> listen this is how this country works. yes, we all have individual liberties. get used to it. he thinks if you have your own conscience and listen to rick santorum's religious beliefs, that somehow you are like the columbine killers? have after it haas. you run that campaign and see how badly you are going to get...
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that's already law. it's not were president obama healthcare policy but a 1996 law. he wouldn't be changing a damn thing. in fact, if you're a person with a pre-existing condition and there are a ton of us, let me show you the numbers behind that. we've got 52 million americans with pre-existing conditions. we have 82 million with insurance. but if you get fired or you want to become an entrepreneur, and you don't go to another major company, then you might not be covered for pre-existing conditions any more. this is what the healthcare program was going to cover and romney is going to yank that away. if you're part of the 25 million uninsured good luck to you buddy, romney does not cover that at all. he says pre-existing condition as if he's on your side. but it masks and a deep, underlying lie. he's not going to do angle of the things that president obama's healthcare reform would do in regards to pre-existing condition. he'll continue with an old law that is already in place. that's what i'm talking about. the rest of the media takes it at face value but we know w
that's already law. it's not were president obama healthcare policy but a 1996 law. he wouldn't be changing a damn thing. in fact, if you're a person with a pre-existing condition and there are a ton of us, let me show you the numbers behind that. we've got 52 million americans with pre-existing conditions. we have 82 million with insurance. but if you get fired or you want to become an entrepreneur, and you don't go to another major company, then you might not be covered for pre-existing...
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, and those laws can be invoked to go after those who are trying to deny the american people or deny the people of a particular state an opportunity to exercise their franchise and they ought to be enforced. there are battalions of attorneys now preparing for i election day but we have to keep in mind that certain tricks and tactics that have been used up to this point could and are aimed to try to discourage people from voting. you wonder why can't we have an up or down vote on the president of the united states without trying to confuse people for deprive them of their right to vote. people playing this system and creating phony issues or trying to deny people an opportunity to vote, they ought to be held accountable, and the way to do it is through not only filing lawsuits but use available laws to take action against them. >> cenk: thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> cenk: great to hear from congressman kucinich. when we come back, ben is sitting in las vegas where i understand they have odds makers who might know a thing or two abou
, and those laws can be invoked to go after those who are trying to deny the american people or deny the people of a particular state an opportunity to exercise their franchise and they ought to be enforced. there are battalions of attorneys now preparing for i election day but we have to keep in mind that certain tricks and tactics that have been used up to this point could and are aimed to try to discourage people from voting. you wonder why can't we have an up or down vote on the president...
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he passed a lot of major laws. but in 2000 they thought one of the reason gore loss was because of gun control. this is the advice given to democrats. stay away from guns because of the devastating impact on elections, end quote. there you have it. they think guns will loss lose elections for them. >> cenk: how about the devastating impact on our communities. i want to talk about the god game liars at nra. obama has spent his entire political career engaged in a seattley assault on your right to keep and bear arms. if he wins re-election to the white house, we will be immune against it ever increasing power. he should be thrilled with president obama. all president obama ever has gotten is straight f fs. >> barack obama, he's trying to appease gun owners. and they still keep killing him like this. he's not getting any traction with his pro-gun position. represent democrats and don't be afraid. this is typical of the president being afraid. these laws, the second amendment that's these people adhere to, it was draft
he passed a lot of major laws. but in 2000 they thought one of the reason gore loss was because of gun control. this is the advice given to democrats. stay away from guns because of the devastating impact on elections, end quote. there you have it. they think guns will loss lose elections for them. >> cenk: how about the devastating impact on our communities. i want to talk about the god game liars at nra. obama has spent his entire political career engaged in a seattley assault on your...
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it's a terrible law and should be repealed immediately. when we come back we'll get into karl rove crossroads gps. even the name is hilarious. i'll tell you more when we come back. it's completely inappropriate for television. ♪ >> all right, back on "the young turks." karl rove has two groups. american crass roads and cross crossroads gps. they've already spend $11 million in ads against obama including $1.7 million in ads blaming him for high gas prices like this. >> no matter how obama spins it, gas costs too much. tell obama stop blaming others and pass better energy policies. >> 90% of the funds that go to crossroads gps, a non-profit, comes from two dozen donors. that's it. in fact, two of them gave over $10 million. now you want to hear the real joke, you want to know what gps stands for? grassroots policies strategyies. that is grassroots when 90% of your money comes from these incredibly rich donors. by the way, it's supposed to be a social welfare group.
it's a terrible law and should be repealed immediately. when we come back we'll get into karl rove crossroads gps. even the name is hilarious. i'll tell you more when we come back. it's completely inappropriate for television. ♪ >> all right, back on "the young turks." karl rove has two groups. american crass roads and cross crossroads gps. they've already spend $11 million in ads against obama including $1.7 million in ads blaming him for high gas prices like this. >>...
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but now there is an actual law. even if they abide by the law they didn't go bankrupt. they still made plenty of profits. it turns out they could have given the $1 billion back to us. >> they're forced to spend this amount of money. a lot of claim healthcare reform was being debated that they could not afford that and it was too high. they tid to brang the ratio down. but it was proven not only can they do it in the 80% but they'll owe money back and they'll be fined if they haven't met that standard. >> cenk: forget the billion dollars. it's $1.1 billion but it goes to 12.8 million americans and $151 for each family. that's a significant amount. let me ask you something. if they repeal this, i know in future years you won't get the money back. is it possible that they could take this $1 billion back or no. >> it depends on what kind of answer we get from the supreme court next week. we're going to get a ruling on the affordable care act. exceptionally if they rule on the affordable care act them that they strike down the buyer law. it's possible that they this hasn't h
but now there is an actual law. even if they abide by the law they didn't go bankrupt. they still made plenty of profits. it turns out they could have given the $1 billion back to us. >> they're forced to spend this amount of money. a lot of claim healthcare reform was being debated that they could not afford that and it was too high. they tid to brang the ratio down. but it was proven not only can they do it in the 80% but they'll owe money back and they'll be fined if they haven't met...
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i recruited her in more ways than one to my law firm. karen was a professional worked as a nurse for nine years and then after that she -- we got married, and she walked away. she decided to stay home and raise her children but she didn't quit working obviously. raising seven children is a lot of work but she found time also, to be an author of two books. those books about really went to the heart of the family and something she knows a lot about. >> as rick santorum talks about his mom, we should let you know nbc is projecting mitt romney the winner in michigan. >> that's why rick santorum is speaking right now. he is coming up to make his concession. let him continue regailing us with stories of the santorum family. >> the feedback i get is you stay home. just cindy liz beth out. you will be just fine. so we have been very very blessed, very blessed with great role models for me as someone who goes out and does the job i am doing right now to balance the rigors of a campaign and trying to maintain a good and strong family. we all have
i recruited her in more ways than one to my law firm. karen was a professional worked as a nurse for nine years and then after that she -- we got married, and she walked away. she decided to stay home and raise her children but she didn't quit working obviously. raising seven children is a lot of work but she found time also, to be an author of two books. those books about really went to the heart of the family and something she knows a lot about. >> as rick santorum talks about his mom,...
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. >> i didn't know there was a law against. we could go away, but it's the principle, the law i don't think it's right. >> they sentenced us a one year in a state penitentiary. >> what are the things that can only be done together by a man and wife that they can't do in virginia. >> we pinch ourselves and say we are handling a major civil rights case. >> i'm not going to divorce her. >> they were going to put them in jail for interracial marriage and that was not that long ago. it's an amazing story and one that film maker nancy berski told. thanks so much for joining us. tell me, and the audience who are not familiar who the lovings were. >> the lovings were an interracial couple. she was black and he was obviously white. they fell in love when they were teenagers and married when she was 17 and he was 23, but they had to go to washington, d.c. to get married because they knew they couldn't marry in virginia. they came back to live and the sheriff came back and arrested them in the middle of the night and dragged them off to p
. >> i didn't know there was a law against. we could go away, but it's the principle, the law i don't think it's right. >> they sentenced us a one year in a state penitentiary. >> what are the things that can only be done together by a man and wife that they can't do in virginia. >> we pinch ourselves and say we are handling a major civil rights case. >> i'm not going to divorce her. >> they were going to put them in jail for interracial marriage and that was...
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and the laws that made interracial laws possible and the laws against it unconstitutional? originally in virginia that case lost. they said it's fine to keep it illegal. that judge coated from a scholar in the 18th senator. he said, almighty god created the races white black yellow, ma lay and red, and he placed them on straight continents. the fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix. they have been using the bible to justify whatever hatred that they wanted to do forever. they also used it on slavery. they used to quote this all the time back in the name of the pastors in the south. here are the verses. slaves obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling. that's from the bible ephesians 6:5. also tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect. titus, 2:9. it's in the bible. what can you do, it's in the bible. well we must have slaves. why don't they quote that any more? why don't they talk about interracial marriage in the bible any more. all the things they've talked about through his
and the laws that made interracial laws possible and the laws against it unconstitutional? originally in virginia that case lost. they said it's fine to keep it illegal. that judge coated from a scholar in the 18th senator. he said, almighty god created the races white black yellow, ma lay and red, and he placed them on straight continents. the fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix. they have been using the bible to justify whatever hatred that they...
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. >> the real effect of the law will be to hurt families and drive away jobs. >> and polling on this issue shows that 55% -- the most recent -- 55% were in favor of the ban, and 39% were against it. but the most important part of this conversation is that the democrats are holding their convention there in september in the state of north carolina in charlotte, and the fact that that is happening, makes you wonder whether or not if this does happen in north carolina, the democrats should either pull out or they should say all right. we're going to boycott this convention. the convention is taking place at the banc of america stadium, which is really incredible. it's hard to find a stadium that isn't named after a bank or big company anyway but when you know everything that happened with the banks, that the democrats will be marching in and listening to president obama give a speech there in september is amazing. brad miller said: and so when you see -- there is just nothing but problems in the state of california. and for -- the state of north carolina. there are problems in californi
. >> the real effect of the law will be to hurt families and drive away jobs. >> and polling on this issue shows that 55% -- the most recent -- 55% were in favor of the ban, and 39% were against it. but the most important part of this conversation is that the democrats are holding their convention there in september in the state of north carolina in charlotte, and the fact that that is happening, makes you wonder whether or not if this does happen in north carolina, the democrats...
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arguments has been we have enough laws on the books, we need to enforce them. the republicans have been in charge of the house for two years. there hasn't been the first oversight hearing in the judiciary committee about gun laws. we you got to challenge them. if you think that's the problem we already have enough laws, not enforcement, let's talk about the enforcement. we need to immediately introduce legislation to expand background checks because 74% of the n.r.a. members support expanded background checks. they want responsible people owning guns. they want to make sure that they're not people who are essentially undermining their ability to own guns because they're in the wrong hands. so there are lots of things we can do legislatively. there's lots of leadership we can provide in just talking about the things that in society, that enhance the opportunities for and potential for gun violence. that's why i think things like the assault weapon ban yeah, it's not going to stop every massacre. it's not going to stop every horrible situation but it makes a stat
arguments has been we have enough laws on the books, we need to enforce them. the republicans have been in charge of the house for two years. there hasn't been the first oversight hearing in the judiciary committee about gun laws. we you got to challenge them. if you think that's the problem we already have enough laws, not enforcement, let's talk about the enforcement. we need to immediately introduce legislation to expand background checks because 74% of the n.r.a. members support expanded...
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the guy i trust most of all on that issue is a professor from harvard law school. and when i voted at the primary the voted for larry lessig. that's your answer. now i'll go to our sponsors question and we're sponsored by disoronno for this spot, which i appreciate. they ask what is the in mix for tyt for this summer. i'm glad you asked. we're sending the most epic political correspondent in the country, michael michael to both conventions. he's going to north carolina and tampa. i'm going to is along with eliot spitzer, jennifer granholm and al gore, members of the current family. you'll have michael and david schuster at the convention giving us reports. it will be terrific. thank you for participating in this. when we come back, an amazing story of a school district who took out a $1 million loan and they'll be stuck with a $1 billion bill. it's insane. >> a loan that with interest will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion. >> the u block in the mix brought to you by disaronno be originale. 31 >> cenk: all right, on this show we try to look out for you guy
the guy i trust most of all on that issue is a professor from harvard law school. and when i voted at the primary the voted for larry lessig. that's your answer. now i'll go to our sponsors question and we're sponsored by disoronno for this spot, which i appreciate. they ask what is the in mix for tyt for this summer. i'm glad you asked. we're sending the most epic political correspondent in the country, michael michael to both conventions. he's going to north carolina and tampa. i'm going to...
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not because they're skirting the law but because they've got all of these different advantages and tax loopholes. between '08 and 2010, they got an $817 million refund! so they got the profits on one side then they've got tax giveaways that we're giving them out of our pocket basically on top of that. you know what their overall tax rate was in the last four years. this is a stunning number. negative 39.5%. wouldn't you love that tax rate? instead of having to pay 35% in taxes, they get 39.5% back in their pocket. that must be a cushy way to go. where is the money going if it's not going to infrastructure or get your power back up quickly. i hope you're sitting down. this is really shocking. it turns out it goes to their executives. i didn't see that coming. let's take a look at the conversation for their ceo. joe rigby $8.8 million in the same time period. he's getting paid. other top officers, $22 million. they're getting paid! now look, if you run a profitable company and you do a good job and you get the services to people when they need them, okay, that's one thing. but when peopl
not because they're skirting the law but because they've got all of these different advantages and tax loopholes. between '08 and 2010, they got an $817 million refund! so they got the profits on one side then they've got tax giveaways that we're giving them out of our pocket basically on top of that. you know what their overall tax rate was in the last four years. this is a stunning number. negative 39.5%. wouldn't you love that tax rate? instead of having to pay 35% in taxes, they get 39.5%...
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i live under the laws that they passed but i can't vote with regards to those laws and the people who passed them. >> cenk: and we have jon stewart versus bill o'reilly. debate of the century? >> i'm not giving up to anything. >> cenk: that's awesome. what lessons can we learn from that. that's on tonight's show. and we haven't even got to the insane republicans yet. they say you know what? the flavor was not so bad. we talk about how you should execute disobedient children, and he's not kidding. and on top of that we have not even gotten to the elbows of the day. that's something else. oh, it's a hell of a show. and it's go time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> romney: hope has not been a strategy. >> i've been waiting for 20 years for this speech. >> he has made mistakes. >> it all seems abstract. >> obama: the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> i acknowledge the president's success and i think he has every right to take credit. >> this president's policies have not been equal to global leadership. >> obama campaign releasing a new ad. >> reckless, amateur
i live under the laws that they passed but i can't vote with regards to those laws and the people who passed them. >> cenk: and we have jon stewart versus bill o'reilly. debate of the century? >> i'm not giving up to anything. >> cenk: that's awesome. what lessons can we learn from that. that's on tonight's show. and we haven't even got to the insane republicans yet. they say you know what? the flavor was not so bad. we talk about how you should execute disobedient children,...
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by the way none of those tax returns are required by law to put out. the financial disclosure has already been made. >> cenk: in other words, nope not going to put out any tax returns. that is a terrible strategy, even fox news commentators have turned on you. he has got to be reeling at this point. i think only one man can understand his pain. that is former university of miami football player saven raven's quarterback ed reed. >> i'm hurt dog don't ask me if i'm all right. now one more man with one more elbow, and this one is epic. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: now michael shure joins us with an interesting update with a question we asked the romney romney camp. michael, great to talk to you. what about the question we asked the romney camp. >> now that they're in the throws of this financial vetting process they've got to be asking the men and women who they're vetting for vice president position for their tax returns. i reached out to the romney campaign today and i heard nothing back. i've got crickets from mitt's house. for me this is a big part of
by the way none of those tax returns are required by law to put out. the financial disclosure has already been made. >> cenk: in other words, nope not going to put out any tax returns. that is a terrible strategy, even fox news commentators have turned on you. he has got to be reeling at this point. i think only one man can understand his pain. that is former university of miami football player saven raven's quarterback ed reed. >> i'm hurt dog don't ask me if i'm all right. now one...
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it is all about in one senate race all about the financial laws that have and haven't been changed. >> cenk: how is elizabeth warren doing now? >> she's up six points. ppp poll, public policy polling taken last week. ten days ago. in massachusetts. up 50% to 44%. it took her -- it took massachusetts awhile to warm to elizabeth warren. she isn't a fuzzy candidate. she's fuzzier to democrats in massachusetts than she was. she wasn't a perfect debater. scott brown is an affable guy and a likable candidate. very tough for anybody to be running from the same party against someone from the same party as the president. he's up 20 in massachusetts. >> cenk: the president is. brown is a gigantic fraud if you ask me. the pickup truck, he used to carry his daughter's horse in that pickup truck. what's with the dressage horses and the republicans? i don't know if it was a dressage horse. >> and the bayonets. >> cenk: connecticut. again, shouldn't be a close race. it is. >> it is a close race. chris murphy is a congressman. he beat nancy johnson six years ago. nancy johnson was a popular. they tho
it is all about in one senate race all about the financial laws that have and haven't been changed. >> cenk: how is elizabeth warren doing now? >> she's up six points. ppp poll, public policy polling taken last week. ten days ago. in massachusetts. up 50% to 44%. it took her -- it took massachusetts awhile to warm to elizabeth warren. she isn't a fuzzy candidate. she's fuzzier to democrats in massachusetts than she was. she wasn't a perfect debater. scott brown is an affable guy and...
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number of personnel studying domestic terrorism unrelated to islam canceled humorous state and local law enforcement briefings and held up dissystem nation of reports of extremeist groups. well the guy who had written that report warning us about this exact set of events and how they might happen is darrell johnson. he joins us right now. darrell, of course, was studying domestic terror groups nor 16 years. now got his on security firm called dt allen analytics. great to have you here, darrell. talk to me what was happening at the department of homeland security before you issued the report. was there some emphasis on right wing extremist. >> yes, we had six analysts. i was the team leader and we had three look at right wing extreme groups. we had one looking at militias and a third looking at sovereign citizens. yes, we were looking at this problem. >> cenk: you issued a report. you saw this rain down on you all this abuse how you're targeting republicans. michelle malkin called it a piece of crap. they thought it was all part of a conspiracy. you're obviously a democrat. >> i'm actuall
number of personnel studying domestic terrorism unrelated to islam canceled humorous state and local law enforcement briefings and held up dissystem nation of reports of extremeist groups. well the guy who had written that report warning us about this exact set of events and how they might happen is darrell johnson. he joins us right now. darrell, of course, was studying domestic terror groups nor 16 years. now got his on security firm called dt allen analytics. great to have you here, darrell....